Lux Radio Theatre presents “A Tale of Two Cities,” episode 476, originally broadcast on CBS on March 26, 1945. Adapted from Charles Dickens’s 1859 novel, this production stars Orson Welles as Sydney Carton, with Rosemary DeCamp as Lucie Manette and Dennis Green as Charles Darnay. Frank Craven serves as guest host and producer.

Against the contrasting worlds of London and Paris before and during the French Revolution, the lives of Lucie Manette, her father, Charles Darnay, and the troubled barrister Sydney Carton become bound by loyalty, danger, and long-buried connections.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
01:01:17 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Barnacle Bill,” originally broadcast on April 1, 1946, as episode 521. Adapted from MGM’s 1941 comedy-drama, the CBS broadcast stars Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main, reprising their film roles, with Carol Ann Beery as Bill’s daughter, Virginia.

On the San Pedro Harbor waterfront, financially strapped fishing skipper Bill Johansen faces an unexpected reunion with his young daughter. As his longtime friend Marge Cavendish hopes fatherhood will steady him, debts, romance, and the lure of a three-masted schooner complicate life along the working harbor.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
01:04:27 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Meet Me in St Louis,” episode 548, originally broadcast December 2, 1946. Adapted from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1944 film and Sally Benson’s novel, this CBS presentation stars Judy Garland as Esther Smith, with Margaret O’Brien and Tom Drake reprising their screen roles.

In turn-of-the-century St. Louis, the close-knit Smith family looks ahead to the 1904 World’s Fair as romance, family hopes, and the possibility of change shape life at home and in the neighborhood. Garland performs several favorites, including “The Trolley Song” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:56 Original Broadcast
01:01:35 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “The Virginian,” originally broadcast on November 2, 1936, as episode 105. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille for CBS Radio, this adaptation of Owen Wister’s classic Western stars Gary Cooper, returning to the title role.

In early-1900s Medicine Bow, Wyoming, a quiet ranch foreman known as the Virginian finds romance with newly arrived schoolteacher Molly Wood while friendship, rivalry, and the hard codes of cattle country test his loyalties. Charles Bickford co-stars as Trampas, with Helen Mack as Molly and John Howard as Steve.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
58:29 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Lost Angel,” originally broadcast on June 19, 1944, as episode 444. Adapted from the 1943 MGM film, this CBS presentation was produced by Cecil B. DeMille and sponsored by Lux.

Margaret O’Brien reprises her film role as Alpha, a brilliant six-year-old orphan raised within an Institute of Child Psychology. When newspaperman Mike Regan, played by James Craig, comes to write about her, his questions about the ordinary pleasures missing from her carefully controlled life lead to an unexpected New York City adventure. Marsha Hunt and Keenan Wynn also return from the film cast.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
58:34 Closing

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Lux Radio Theater presents “Home in Indiana,” originally broadcast October 2, 1944, as episode 451 of Lux Radio Theatre. This CBS presentation adapts the 1944 Twentieth Century-Fox film, itself based on George Agnew Chamberlain’s novel Phantom Filly.

A young boy sent to live with relatives in rural Indiana finds a new sense of purpose amid the horse farm and harness-racing world. Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, Jeanne Crain, and June Haver reprise their film roles in this hopeful tale of family, rivalry, and the road to a major race.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
01:00:27 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” originally broadcast on March 12, 1951, as episode 737. This CBS production was sponsored by Lux.

John Wayne reprises his film role as veteran Cavalry Capt. Nathan Brittles, nearing retirement in 1876 after the Battle of the Little Bighorn. On a final assignment from a remote frontier post, Brittles leads a patrol while escorting the commanding officer’s wife and niece through a tense and uncertain West. Adapted from the 1949 John Ford film, itself based on stories by James Warner Bellah, the drama also features Mel Ferrer and Mala Powers.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
01:00:20 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Two Years Before the Mast,” originally broadcast on September 22, 1947, as episode 582. This CBS production, sponsored by Lux, adapts the 1946 Paramount Pictures film based on Richard Henry Dana Jr.’s classic sea narrative.

Set aboard the merchant brig Pilgrim on an 1834 voyage from Boston toward California, the drama follows Charles Stewart as he confronts the brutal realities of shipboard life under the harsh Captain Francis Thompson. Alan Ladd and Howard Da Silva reprise their film roles in this adaptation by Sanford Barnett, directed by Fred MacKaye.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:53 Original Broadcast
01:00:19 Closing

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Lux Radio Theater presents “Salute to the Marines,” originally broadcast November 8, 1943, as episode 413. This wartime adaptation of the 1943 MGM film stars Wallace Beery, Fay Bainter, Keye Luke, and Noah Beery Sr.

Set in the Philippines in 1940, the drama follows veteran Marine Sergeant Major William Bailey as he hopes for active duty before retirement but is assigned to train civilian recruits. Family ties, military duty, and the looming Pacific conflict shape this story of a career Marine facing an unexpected assignment.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
01:00:54 Closing

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Lux Radio Theatre presents “Brief Moment,” episode 163, originally broadcast on CBS on February 14, 1938. Hosted by Cecil B. DeMille, this adaptation of S. N. Behrman’s 1931 Broadway play stars Ginger Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with Nigel Bruce and Louis Calhern.

New York nightclub singer Abby Fane finds her life unexpectedly entwined with wealthy heir Roderick Dean. Their swift romance bridges the divide between nightlife ambition and inherited privilege, testing the pull of love against money, class, and personal purpose.

Lux Radio Theater presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
01:00:30 Closing

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